I knew when I first became pregnant that I wanted to stay home and raise my children if possible. Thankfully, God has been allowing me to do just that. I also have a great desire to be able to teach my children here at home. I have been able to start some early learning with our daughter, and it has been a blast! I truly love watching her learn. Today I want to talk about The Good and the Beautiful homeschool curriculum. They were kind enough to gift us the Level K Primer Course Set, Beginner Book Boxes, and Doodles Handwriting.
How it Started
The Good and the Beautiful was founded in 2015 by Christian singer-songwriter Jenny Phillips. She was unable to find a curriculum that she loved. She wanted a curriculum that:
- Used completely clean and powerful literature
- Combined subjects for more meaningful learning and shorter school times
- Was completely open-and-go
- Was academically strong and very thorough
- Emphasized God, nature, and high character
- Was visually beautiful, engaging, and meaningful
She decided that with her writing, editing, and teaching experience; her deep love of good literature; and the means from her sales of over one million CDs, that she could create the curriculum she wanted. Jenny put together a team of specialists and took two years of deep research, development, and testing before she released her first two levels of language arts. It was released on her music website for free, as she had created it mainly for her own children and had no intention of starting a homeschool curriculum company. The free downloads spread like crazy, with hundreds of thousands of people downloading the curriculum.
Three years after launching, The Good and the Beautiful now has over 90 products, is housed in a 15,000-foot warehouse, and is run by a talented group of over 70 people, headed by Jenny and her husband, who keep their team laser-focused on the mission of The Good and the Beautiful. The curriculum is used by many thousands of families across the world.
Three-Fold Mission
The Good and the Beautiful has a three-fold mission:
- To teach advanced academics while connecting children to the good and the beautiful in life and in learning
- To make homeschooling less overwhelming and time consuming for the student and the instructor
- To offer affordable resources of the highest quality, making homeschooling economical and accessible
What Makes It Unique?
- The curriculum emphasizes family, God, high character, nature, and wholesome literature
- It requires no daily prep time. You simply open the book and follow the instructions, learning and exploring along with your child
- Family Style- History, Science, and Electives
- Combines various subjects, which connects learning and eliminates the need for six to seven different courses
- Thorough phonics reading program creates excellent readers
- Thorough and advanced courses leave no gaps
The Curriculum
On their website, https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/, you will find Pre-K – 8 curriculum, High School curriculum, a book list, and library. If you are unsure about what level your child needs, you can simply take one of the assessments offered online. There is even a shopping checklist that helps guide you to everything you need for each child to cover every subject.
Language Arts
Things like grammar and phonics do not need to be disconnected, boring subjects. Your child will discover the power and joy that comes into language arts when it is connected to meaningful, joyful things. The Good and the Beautiful has a thorough phonics program that receives especially high praise for its effectiveness, and parents love the beautiful literature and artwork that children are exposed to at a young age.
Handwriting
The Good and the Beautiful handwriting courses include images, artwork, poetry, Bible verses, and quotes that support kindness, family, learning, imagination, nature, work, faith, and creativity. The courses also help children practice and improve their drawing skills.
Math
With visually beautiful pages, hands-on activities, and real-life application, this open-and-go homeschool math curriculum is truly like no other! Carefully designed to pack deeply effective learning in less time, the courses emphasize the development of a strong number sense while incorporating God, beauty, and meaning and incorporating all learning styles!
History
The unique approach taken by The Good and the Beautiful homeschool history curriculum courses utilizes literature, audio dramatizations, family games, and interactive lessons. There is no dry, text-book style learning here!
Science and Health
The science and health units get raving reviews. Gather supplies and prep the unit before starting, then, every lesson is completely open-and-go, leading your family through the incredible wonders of our world.
Electives
You and your family can pick and choose which electives to incorporate each year. From easy-to-use, fun arts & crafts books to beautiful typing courses, explore all the options that teach skills and add fun to your homeschool days.
Conclusion
The Good and the Beautiful curriculum takes a general Christian worldview, focusing, not on the doctrine of any particular Christian church, but on high moral character and basic Bible principles such as gratitude, honesty, prayer, and kindness. If you are interested in learning more about this curriculum then visit their website here: https://www.goodandbeautiful.com/ and follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/hummingbirdandhousewife/
I will be sharing more details in my Instagram stories and will include a highlight for easy access once the stories have disappeared.
I enjoy the efforts you have put in this, thanks for all the great posts.